Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 446 Terminator Series

Edward Zwick is busy preparing for 20th Century Fox's new film "The Siege," which means he doesn't have time to develop "Shakespeare in Love" right now!
“Then let’s wait another year. After you finish filming ‘The Siege,’ we can start ‘Shakespeare in Love.’”

The current company has no shortage of projects, so it's not a big problem to postpone one or two films.

Edward Zwick thought for a moment and then nodded. "Sure, after I finish filming 'Total Siege,' I'll immediately start preparing for 'Shakespeare in Love.'"

Aaron smiled. "Alright, midnight is almost here, and it'll be the new year soon. Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year……"

As the clock struck midnight, 1997 officially arrived, and fireworks soared and exploded across the Los Angeles night sky!
In the hilltop villa in Hollywood Park, Aaron stood in the view room, overlooking Los Angeles, lost in thought.
"Stocks of companies like Aaron, Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, Dell, and Cisco are showing impressive gains."

"You had excellent foresight by letting Tianhai Fund invest ahead of time!"

Jennifer Connelly walked slowly to Aaron's side.

Aaron smiled. "I could never spend all my assets in ten lifetimes. Money is just a number to me now!"

Jennifer Connelly smiled without saying a word. So what should Bill Gates, the world's richest man, say now?
“Okay, just kidding,” Aaron then pulled Jennifer Connelly into his arms, reaching into her pajamas to feel her 34D!

"Mmm," Jennifer Connelly nestled tightly against the man's chest, let out a soft moan, and tilted her head back to kiss Aaron.

"I heard you turned down director Martin Brest's new project?"

Martin Brest collaborated with Aaron Scent of a Woman a few years ago, which was both critically acclaimed and commercially successful.

"Yes, it's a fantasy romance film. The budget it asked for is too much, even more expensive than most special effects blockbusters!"

Martin Brest's new screenplay is called *Meet Joe Black*, and the main story is about Death incarnating as Joe Black to explore the life of media mogul William Parish. During this time, he falls deeply in love with William's daughter...

Even Aaron couldn't understand why a romance film would have such a high budget of $9000 million.
Just like Jonathan Demme's upcoming black-themed suspense drama "True Love," which had a budget of $8000 million, Aaron rejected it outright!
Now, even Sony has begun to curb its film investments. Although Dawn has acquired Universal, it will not invest in films without restraint.
However, after Disney acquired ABC and Seagram acquired MGM, they became increasingly willing to invest in movies.

"DreamWorks is currently filming their first movie, *Mouse Catcher*."

"Furthermore, they're also going to collaborate with Paramount on the war film 'Saving Private Ryan'!"

Jennifer Connelly offered this reminder.

Aaron smiled. "It doesn't matter. DreamWorks has plenty of money right now and is quite willing to invest in new films."

"However, DreamWorks expanded too rapidly at its inception; the continued success of DreamWorks' films is certainly not a problem."

"But if a problem arises, it's a big problem!"

Even Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg couldn't achieve Aaron's level of success, with every film a blockbuster. "Well, of course, in all of Hollywood, who can compare to you?"

Jennifer Connelly said, wrapping her arms around Aaron's neck, "Recently, something happened in Hollywood that you may not know about."

"whats the matter?"

"It's about the copyright of Terminator 3."

Aaron paused for a moment, then put his arm around Jennifer Connelly and sat down on the sofa. "The filming rights for Terminator 3 are in Carlock's hands, and Carlock is currently bankrupt and being managed by a bank."

Jennifer Connelly chuckled, "The two founders of Carlock, Mario Casal and Andrew Vayner, recently acquired the filming rights to Terminator 3 from a bank..."

According to Jennifer Connelly, Mario Casal and Andrew Vaina overheard James Cameron saying that Terminator 3 was still in the hands of the bank when they visited the set of Titanic.

James Cameron originally planned to have 20th Century Fox support Terminator 3 after completing Titanic.

Unfortunately, what was said in jest was taken seriously by the listener. Mario Casarte and Andrew Vaina secretly persuaded the bank to acquire half of the Terminator rights from Carlock.
Subsequently, they acquired the other half of the Terminator rights from James Cameron's ex-wife, Gale Anne Heard, and promised that Gale Anne Heard would be involved in the production of the Terminator series in the future.

"Mario Casal and Andrew Vaina, those two guys are awesome!"

Under what circumstances were these two able to convince the bank to sell the Terminator rights separately?
I wonder if James Cameron has any regrets?
After all, when Carlock went bankrupt, Schwarzenegger had proposed that he and James Cameron join forces to acquire Terminator.
Unfortunately, James Cameron felt it was unnecessary; he believed that simply informing 20th Century Fox would suffice, and they would pay to acquire the company.

Aaron was somewhat impressed; James Cameron's love for the Terminator series was undoubtedly genuine.
Unexpectedly, 20th Century Fox was just a little too late in making its move, and it was stolen by two thieves.

"I remember MGM was also very interested in Terminator;"

"So, it was actually stolen by two mice?"

They acquired the film rights from the bankrupt Carlock right under the noses of 20th Century Fox and MGM.

Aaron couldn't bear it any longer. James Cameron just watched helplessly as his own son was kidnapped.

"Yes, I've also heard that Mario Casal and Andrew Vaina certainly want to invite James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger to join them;"

"But it seems that director James Cameron also had a big argument with Leo Casal and Andrew Vaina."

It's quite obvious that Mario Casarte and Andrew Vaina won't be able to get James Cameron to direct Terminator 3.

James Cameron must harbor a deep resentment towards Mario Casal and Andrew Vaina for their betrayal!
Aaron chuckled, "Let's see when Mario Casal and Andrew Vaina will start developing Terminator 3?"

They're all talented people...

(End of this chapter)